#999989#999989

#999989 is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.023 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999989
RGB	rgb(153, 153, 137)
HSL	hsl(60, 7%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(60, 10%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 10.5%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.81, -2.93, 8.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.81, 8.91, 109.20°)
OKLab	oklab(67.84% -0.0067 0.0219)
OKLCH	oklch(67.84% 0.023 107)
XYZ	xyz(29.0429, 31.3611, 28.1853)
Luminance	0.3136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999989 #898999

analogous

#999189 #999989 #919989

triadic

#999989 #899999 #998999

tetradic

#999989 #899991 #898999 #998991

square

#999989 #899991 #898999 #998991

split-complementary

#999989 #899199 #918999

monochromatic

#5A5A4E #7B7B6A #999989 #B5B5AA #D2D2CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#999989 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#999989 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999989

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999989	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999989	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9888

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C988A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C9794

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999989;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 153, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.023 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b7ab',
    500: '#999989',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999989;
$custom-light: #b7b7ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999989",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 7.273,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67836,
    "c": 0.02291,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.31361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999989

secondary

#BCBCC2

accent

#77B077

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#111110

muted

#80807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #999989

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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